Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT OBED
Last year represented the second full year of operation of the Obed mine, which started producing in the fall of 1984. The open-pit mine is 24 km northeast of Hinton, Alta., and is a joint venture ope…
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The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT HOPE BROOK GOLD
A temporary dock has been completed at Couteau Bay, on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. Over the coming months, it will be used to dock a $3- million supply vessel, Couteau Supplier, which will …
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT BLACKDOME
Since production started last May, Blackdome Mining’s gold project, 150m iles north of Vancouver, B.C., has exceeded expectations. Indeed, it is probably the highest grade gold mining operation in wes…
WHAT’S NEW Snow Sensors
A new temperature and precipitation sensor and a snow-melting control unit, developed by Environmental Technology (South Bend, Ind.), are now available. The sensors, called the cit-5 and cit-6, conver…
WHAT’S NEW Linear Drive for Mills and Smelters
Ascolectric of Brantford, Ont., has introduced a rodless linear drive system which moves heavy out-of- balance loads without additional guidance. Called the Power Beam, the cylinder can move loads of …
Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT CROWS NEST
Crows Nest Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell Canada, operates the Line Creek mine in the Elk Valley area of southeastern British Columbia. T he company also holds extensive coal rights in …
Aggressive on platinum at Technigen, Equinox
The search for platinum group metals by Technigen Platinum and Equinox Resources is proving to be one of the most aggressive in the country. They recently concluded an agreement for a property near Ro…
Beaver Dam reserves up Seabright busy drilling
Based on 155 diamond drill holes to date totalling some 33,000 metres, ore reserves at Seabright Resources’s Beaver Dam property have increased to 2,949,412 tons grading 0.27 oz. This reserve figure, …
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT MT. SKUKUM
The AGIP-Erickson Mt. Skukum project is the first hard rock gold producer in the Yukon and it probably won’t be the last. Discovered by agip Canada in the early 1980s, the mine is now producing at 30…
Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT TECK CORP-BULLMOOSE
The Bullmoose multiple-seam open pit coal mine is near Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia. Metallurgical coal is sold to nine Japanese customers under 15-year contracts. The contracted qua…
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT BOOTLEG
Remember the little Flin Flon Mines operation, just west of the Manitoba own after which it was named? It didn’t work out and wound up in receiver ship. Then last year a Regina-based oil company, Vist…
WHAT’S NEW All-terrain Carriers
Galva, Ill.-based ime is introducing a line of 4-wheel-drive, all-terrain vehicles. Features include: total Caterpillar drivetrain; diesel engine; vehicle capacities from 20,700-41,500 lb; loaded comp…